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We aimed to screen for Pompe disease in patients with unclassified limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) or asymptomatic hyperCKemia using dried blood spot (DBS) assays. Subsequently, we aimed to calculate the diagnostic delay between initial symptom presentation and the diagnosis. A prospective, multicenter, observational study was conducted in 348 patients: 146 with unclassified LGMD and 202 with...
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A (LGMD2A) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the CAPN3 gene. Its definitive diagnosis is laborious, since the clinical phenotype is often similar to other types of muscular dystrophy and since the CAPN3 gene encompasses a large genomic region with more than 300 pathogenic mutations described to date. In fact, it is estimated that nearly...
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